The Desert Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.60° S 175.34° E

The Desert, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 6 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Desert sea temperature is
12.8°C
0.4° 

The Desert surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for The Desert based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in The Desert right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near The Desert

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Ngawi Automatic Weather Station

9 km WSW24 m above sea level

38 minutes ago
Dry
25
moderate winds from the N
(26 km/h at 0°)
17 °C-
-
-
-
-

Haurangi

21 km NW417 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
wind obs. (19 kph from 270 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
10 °C-
-
-
-
-

Stony Creek

21 km NNE111 m above sea level

48 minutes ago
Dry
15
light winds from the N
(17 km/h at 0°)
15 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tuatoru

38 km NNE65 m above sea level

48 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (6 kph from 270 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
12.2 °C-
-
-
-
-

Te Muna

40 km NNE60 m above sea level

2 hours ago
light rainDry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 315°)
5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Taranui Grove

41 km NNE19 m above sea level

47 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 0°)
13.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Spunkatron

45 km NW50 m above sea level

48 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (7 kph from 225 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
14.9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Fraser Street

50 km WNW88 m above sea level

48 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (6 kph from 45 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
13.5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Eastbourne- New Zealand

50 km WNW20 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
Dry
15
light winds from the N
(13 km/h at 0°)
14.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Brookfield Lane

50 km WNW127 m above sea level

48 minutes ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 45°)
14.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to The Desert and within an acceptable time window.

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